Multi-module system guidelines

If you are installing more than one SolarWinds Orion Platform product, use these recommended guidelines for hardware and software deployment. The information here should be considered guidelines only. You can choose to use more or less hardware, but your performance may vary depending on your deployment scenario.

If you have only one SolarWinds Orion module, see the system requirements listed in the installation guide for that module.

Small deployment guidelines

Modules

Choose up to 3 modules:

NPM SL100 - SL500 (including up to 10 remote agents for DPI)

SAM AL150 - AL300

WPM 5 - WPM 20

VNQM IPSLA 5 - IPSLA 25 (up to 5,000 operations)

NCM DL50 - DL200

IPAM IP1000 - IP4000

UDT UT2500 - 5000

You can install NTA as part of a small deployment, but it is not included in this configuration. Use the Medium Deployment guidelines for NTA.

Orionserver specifications

Physical server or virtual machine

Quad core processor or better

8-16 GB RAM

150 GB, 15,000 RPM

1 x 1 Gb dedicated NIC

Windows Server 2016, 2012 R2, or 2012

The SolarWinds Orion installer installs IIS (32-bit mode) and .NET 4.6.2 if they are not already on your server.

4More or less space may be required, depending on your data retention policies and the number of stored flows. You need approximately 8 GB of additional storage for every 1000 flows retained for 30 days. For example, if you want 50,000 flows stored for 30 days, you need a base of 100 GB plus an additional 400 GB of storage.